Morning Reads: Eldridge Street Murder, LES Gets More Council Dollars, Graffiti Wall Through the Years

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Ed Litvak
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A man accused of killing his sister in their Eldridge Street apartment claims self defense (Post).

A real estate investment firm, Four Winds, lists Gotham Court on Ludlow Street for $35 million, double what they paid for the rental complex last year (Real Deal).

Another look at the controversial plan to build affordable housing on the Elizabeth Street Garden parcel (NY1).

A boxing gym is taking the space on Bleecker Street formerly occupied by the Yippies (EV Grieve).

Some local Council members aren’t so pleased about a new formula allocating more discretionary funding to poor districts. On the Lower East Side, by the way, both Council districts 1 and 2 received $710,000, a bump of nearly $200,000 from last year (Capital).

Using Google’s street view time machine to “peel off the painted layers” from the East Houston graffiti wall (NYPL Blog h/t EV Grieve).

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